Kure Beach Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Kure Beach is most often good on a 2–4 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the E, with moderate wind from the SW, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 2–4 ft |
| Ideal period | short-period (under 8s) |
| Best swell direction | E |
| Best wind | moderate wind from the SW |
| Best tide | high & incoming |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (moderate-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →
Current conditions
Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-07-30 11:05 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | 2.0 ft |
| Dominant period | 6s |
| Swell direction | SSE (159°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station SSBN7 (36 mi away) |
| Wind | 5 kt from the N — NDBC MBIN7 (6 mi away) |
Kure Beach 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Kure Beach from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu Jul 30 | 2 ft | 6s S | 8 kt NW |
| Fri Jul 31 | 2 ft | 7s S | 9 kt S |
| Sat Aug 1 | 2 ft | 6s SSE | 9 kt SE |
| Sun Aug 2 | 2–5 ft | 7s SE | 13 kt S |
| Mon Aug 3 | 4–5 ft | 7s SSE | 13 kt SSW |
| Tue Aug 4 | 2–3 ft | 6s SSE | 10 kt SSW |
| Wed Aug 5 | 2–3 ft | 6s SSE | 7 kt SW |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8658120 (Wilmington), the nearest tide station (15 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 01:08 — High 4.516 ft
- 2026-06-06 08:35 — Low 0.423 ft
- 2026-06-06 13:54 — High 3.918 ft
- 2026-06-06 20:23 — Low 0.587 ft
- 2026-06-07 01:56 — High 4.479 ft
- 2026-06-07 09:18 — Low 0.354 ft
Frequently asked
Is Kure Beach good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-07-30 11:05 UTC), Kure Beach is marginal: the live 0–2 ft short-period swell from the S is off its ideal E direction and is under its usual size, and the wind is light from the N.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Kure Beach come from?
LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station SSBN7) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Wilmington). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Kure Beach?
Kure Beach is most often good on a 2–4 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the E, with moderate wind from the SW, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Kure Beach is good for me?
Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.
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